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1971 Himachal Pradesh becomes a State; Indo-Pak
War, Bangladesh is born
1972 Shimla agreement; Death of
C.Rajagopalachari
1973 Mysore State renamed Karnataka
1974 India explodes a nuclear device; Fakhuruddin
Ali Ahmed elected as fifth President Sikkim becomes on associate State
of India
1975 India launches ‘Aryabhata’; Sikkim becomes
22nd State of the Indian Union; State of Emergency is declared
1976 India and China establish diplomatic
relations
1977 Sixth General Elections; Janata Party gets
majority in Lok Sabha; Neelam Sanjiva Reddy elected sixth President of
India
1979 Morarji Desai resigns as Prime Minister,
Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister; Charan Singh resigns ( Aug 20 )
Sixth Lok Sabha dissolved
1980 Seventh General Elections; Congress I comes to
power; Mrs Indira Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister; Sanjay Gandhi dies
in an air crash, India Launches SLV-3 into space carrying Rohini
Satellite
1982 Longest bridge in Asia opened ( March 2 );
Acharya J.B. Kripalani dies ( March 19) INSAT.1A launched; Giani Zail
Singh elected President of India (July 15) Over 500 persons killed in
Gujarat Cyclone ( Nov.5); Acharua Vinobha dies (Nov 15) IX Asian Games
inaugurated (Nov 19)
1983 CHOGM held in New Delhi
1984 Operation Blue Star in Punjab; Rakesh Sharma
goes into space; Mrs. Indira Gandhi assassinated; Rajiv Gandhi becomes
PM
1985 Rajiv-Longowal accord signed; Sant H.S.
Longowal killed elections in Punjab; Assam accord; VII Five-Year Plan
launched
1986 Mizoram accord.
1987 R.Venkataraman elected President; Shankar
Dayal Sharma elected Vice-President of India, Bofors gun and Fairfax
controversies
1989 Ram Shilanyas Puja at Ayodhyat; India’s first
IRBM ‘ Agni’ successfully launched from Orissa (May 22); Trishul
Missile test fised (June 5); Second successful launch of Prithvi (Sept
27); Rajiv Government loses poll and resigns (Nov.29); Jawahar Rozgar
Yojna launched (Nov.29);National front leader V.P. Singh sworn in as
seventh PM, New cabinet sworn in (Dec.2), Ninth Lok Sabha
constituted
1990 Last of IPKF return home (March 25); Indian
Airlines A-320 Airbus Crash (Feb. 14); Janata Dal splits; BJP withdraws
support to the Government; Advani takes out Rath Yatra and is arrested,
Mandal Report implemented announced by V.P. Singh Violence in Ayodhya
due to Ram Janam Bhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute
1991 Gulf War breaks out (Jan. 17); Rajiv Gandhi
assassinated (May 21); X Lok Sabha constituted (June 20); P. V.
Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister
1992 India establishes full diplomatic ties with
Israel (Jan. 29); Bharat Ratna and Oscar winner Satyajit Ray dies
(April 23); S.D.Sharma elected President (July 25); INS Shakti-first
indigeneously built submarine was launched on Feb. 7
1993 Ordinance to acquire 67.33 acres in Ayodhya
(Jan 7); Massive security falls in BJP rally; Wave of bombing leaves
300 dead in Bombay; Insat-2B becomes fully operational; Earthquake in
Maharashtra
1994 Government monopoly over civil aviation ends;
Storm over GATT treaty; Plague outbreak; Sushmita Sen-Miss Universe;
Aishwarya Rai-Miss World
1995 Mayawati First Dalit Chief Minister of UP; BJP
comes to power in Maharashtra and Gujarat, Janata Dal in Karnataka and
Congress in Orissa; Indian National Congress (T) formed; President’s
Rule in UP after fall of Mayawati; INSAT 2C and IRSI-C launched
1996 Hawala takes toll of several Union Ministers
and opposition leaders; PSLV D3 launched on March 21 with IRSP-3
ushering new era in India space programme; Eleventh Lok Sabha Elections
held on April 127-BJP emerges as the single largest party
1997 On August 15, India celebrated its 50th year
of Independence
1998 Death of Mother Teressa; Atal Behari Vajpayee
becomes Indian Prime Minister; India explodes its second nuclear device
(Pokhran II)
1999 India Airlines plane IC-814 hijacked by
terrorists and taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Dec 24, 1999. Three
militants released by Indian govt.for the freedom of hostages kept as
passengers. In June 1999, Flt. Lt. K. Nachiketa, the captured Indian
pilot, released by Pakistan after eight days of captivity. ‘Operation
Vijay’ launched by Indian Army to flush out Pakistani infiltrators
inside LoC in the Kargil sector of J&K, India wins battle.
2000 US President Bill Clinton visits India during
March 2000. Three new states Chhatisgarh, Uttaranchal and Jharkhand
created. India’s population crossed one billion mark.
2001 ‘Agra Summit’ between India and Pakistan in
July 2001; Worst natural calamity of India: Gujarat Earthquake in Jan
2001; ‘Tehelka.Com’ screened video tapes which opened the murky world
of arms deal and its kickbacks to Indian Army officials, ministers and
politicians in March 2001; VI th census of India (since Independence)
concluded in March 2001. Enron bids farewall to Indian energy sector in
August 2001; GSLV launched successfully in April 2001 and PSLC-C3
launch conducted in October 2001.
2002 71-year old missile scientist, Avul Pakir
Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, is elected President of India; One of the
most harrific communal roits in recent history, the Godhra Incident,
happens on Feb 27, 2002 in Gujarat; National Water Policy announced in
April, which aims at integrating water resources development and
management for optimal and sustainable utilization.
2003 Formation of Strategic Forces Command (SFO)
and the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) by India; Air Marshal Teja
Mohan Asthana named first commander in chief of the SFC; Advanced multi
purpose satellite, INSAT-3A is successfully launched into space from
Kourou of French Guyana; CBI forms an Economic Intelligence Wing to
tackle white-collar crime in June; India’s advanced communication
satellite INSAT-3E is launched by an European rocket from the spaceport
of Kourou of French Guyana in December
2004 NDA government ousted by the Congress and its
allies in the General Election; Congress President Ms Sonia Gandhi opts
against becoming Prime Minister of India despite being in a strong
position; Congress and its allies forms government at the centre under
the Prime Ministership of Dr. Manmohan Singh.
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